In this roundtable discussion Harriette Van Spall (McMaster University, Hamilton, CA) asks Dr Michele Senni (ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, IT) and Dr Duk-Woo Park (Asan Medical Center, Seoul, KR)about their experiences with the COVID-19 epidemic in Bergamo and Seoul. 

 

Discussion points

 

• Isues surrounding pandemic and hospital preparedness

• Mortality rates 

• Approaches to population screening and infection control 

• Processes of care and PPE to manage risk of nosocomial spread

• Strategies to manage health care resource allocation in hospitals

• The strain that this pandemic has placed on frontline providers

 

Filmed virtually from Canada, Italy and South Korea.